.....The
Colorado Postal History Society was formed in 1979
by a small group of collectors dedicated to sharing
and preserving their knowledge in all areas of Colorado
Postal History. This group established "The Colorado
Postal Historian" as the organization's official
newsletter with the first issue published in October.
Under the able editorship of Bill Grebe and Robert
Munshower, the society was able to published sixteen
issues. .....During the annual
meeting in 1978, some reorganization was undertaken
and William H. Bauer, one of the authors of "Colorado
Postal History - The Post Offices" published
in 1971 and "Colorado Post Offices - 1859 - 1989"
published in 1989, became editor. Under Mr. Bauer's
editorship, the society has been able to publish four
issues per year. Currently the society is publishing
the "Colorado Postal Encyclopedia" as part
of the "Colorado Postal Historian". .....The "Colorado
Postal Encyclopedia", written by William H. Bauer,
is a county by county thesis providing town site information,
postmaster listings, and tracings of all recorded
postal markings. During the past ten years Mr. Bauer
and co-author James L. Ozment have traveled the state
to visit and photograph all of the accessible post
offices locations. With a few exceptions, this travel
was completed in May , 2002.
Over 4500 pages have been written to date. Published
counties include: Adams, Alamosa, Arapahoe, Archuleta,
Baca, Bent, Boulder, Chaffee, Cheyenne, Clear Creek,
Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Dolores, Douglas,
Eagle, Elbert, El Paso, Fremont, Garfield, Gilpin,
Grand, Gunnison, Hinsdale, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa,
Kit Carson, Lake, La Plata, Lincoln, Logan, Mesa,
Mineral, Moffat, Montrose, Morgan, Motezuma, Otero,
Phillips, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Rio Grande, Saguache,
San Juan, San Miguel, Sedgewick, Summit, Washington,
Weld counties..... In addition, express
company markings used in Colorado have been published
as a part of the "Encyclopedia" and Denver
County was published in issues prior to the start
of the "Encyclopedia" in 1998.(Click
here to view sample pages of the "Colorado Postal
Historian and Encyclopedia".)